Friday, February 28, 2020

FRIDAY DAILY

SORRY THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING HERE THIS WEEK.

WE ARE EXTREMELY BUSY WITH  TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL.

NEXT WEEK, BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GOES TO STATE TOURNAMENT.

IF DEWITT WINS THIS MONDAY NIGHT, THEY GO TO THE BOYS
STATE TOURNAMENT THE WEEK AFTER NEXT.

MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE FINISHED SEASON.





GOOD FAMILY MOVIE STARTS TONIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE.



CLICK ON ABOVE TO ENLARGE.


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Monday, February 24, 2020

MONDAY DAILY

MAQUOKETA'S TWO WRESTLERS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK DID VERY WELL.    LEFT, WITH MEDAL AROUND NECK, TAVEN RICH.    IN THE 285 POUND DIVISION,  HE WRESTLED FOR CHAMPIONSHIP AND LOST 4 TO 2 TAKING 2ND PLACE IN THE STATE IN 2-A.
AND AT RIGHT, ABE MICHEL.   HE WRESTLED FOR 3RD PLACE, LOST HIS 170 POUND MATCH TAKING 4TH PLACE IN THE STATE.
COACH COLTON FELLER IN THE MIDDLE AND FAR RIGHT, DOC KOOB, ASSISTANT
COACH.     NOT IN PHOTO, VOLUNTEER COACHES JAKE KLOFT AND GREG MARTIN. 
A WELCOME HOME WAS HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 12:30 AT THE
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ABE AND TAVEN!


THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM SATURDAY AFTERNOON LOST THEIR GAME WITH
DEWITT 70 TO 37, AT DEWITT.    THE CARDINALS
ARE NOW DONE FOR THE SEASON...A GOOD SEASON.

TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY CENTRAL
DEWITT AT 8 P.M.    MIKE KELLY WILL HAVE THE
GAME STARTING AT 7:50 TONIGHT ON KMAQ FM-95.1 AND ON OUR HOME PAGE OF KMAQ WEB SITE.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

TUESDAY DAILY

THE STATE WRESTLING MEET IS THIS WEEK AT THE WELLS FARGO
ARENA IN DES MOINES.
TWO CARDINAL WRESTLERS WILL BE COMPETING.
AT 170 POUNDS, ABE MICHEL AND AT 285 POUNDS, TAVEN RICH.




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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

WEDNESDAY DAILY

THE MAQUOKETA WOMEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT ENDED LAST NIGHT.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS FROM SECRETARY KATHY SEYFERT.

SINGLES 1ST  PLACE...CAREY WOOD....755 PINS WITH HANDICAP.
2ND PLACE, ASHLEY WELLS
3RD PLACE, ERIN STREETER
DOUBLES  1ST PLACE...ERIN STREETER AND SARAH FISH....1356 PINS
2ND PLACE, CATHY RUPP AND BRANDI  HOWELL
3RD PLACE, DEANNA MERRICK AND KRISTINA MILLER

ALL EVENTS   1ST PLACE....ASHLEY WELLS....2122 PINS
2ND PLACE, DEANNA MERRICK
3RD PLACE, ERIN STREETER

TEAM EVENT      1ST PLACE....OBIES....2635 PINS
2ND PLACE        LAHEY AND DAWSON
3RD PLACE        SIGNS BY LORETTA

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

TUESDAY DAILY



COLD..BELOW ZERO THURSDAY NIGHT!








GIFT CARDS ARE ON SALE HERE AT KMAQ...$10...15...20... AND UP

IN JONES COUNTY
HUGE PARK

.
MAQUOKETA GIRL/BOY DH
TONIGHT ON KMAQ,   5:50...
GIRLS TIP OFF 6 AND BOYS
ABOUT 7:30...HERE ON WEB SITE TOO

THEY ARE WORKING DAILY ON
RE-DOING FLAPJACK'S
NEW NAME BEING KEPT SECRET
POSSIBLE APRIL OPENING

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Friday, February 07, 2020

FRIDAY DAILY

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS ARE HAVING A GOOD SEASON AND PLAY TONIGHT AT CLEAR-CREEK AMANA.    WE WILL HAVE THE GAME ON 
KMAQ AND HERE ON THE WEB SITE TONIGHT AT 7:20 WITH MIKE KELLY AT THE MIC.




OPENS TONIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE.

AND.....

1917 HAS BEEN HELD OVER.   GOOD CHANCE IT
WILL WIN THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR SUNDAY NIGHT






OPENING IN LATE APRIL

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Thursday, February 06, 2020

THURSDAY DAILY

TODAY WAS THE FINAL DAY OF THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AND WITH EXCELLENT WEATHER, WE HAD ANOTHER  GOOD DAY.   TWO-DAY ATTENDANCE WAS
AROUND OR JUST OVER 16-HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THIS NOON AWARDED THREE ANNUAL AG AWARDS.
THE FARMERS OF THE  YEAR, ABOVE, DAN AND ABBY MARTIN OF RURAL
BERNARD.   THEY HAVE 5 YOUNG CHILDREN, 3 IN PHOTO ABOVE.   THE AWARD
WAS PRESENTED BY AMBER MATHEISEN OF THE EXTENSION OFFICE, A MEMBER OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.   SUGGESTED NAMES ARE FROM THE PUBLIC FOR
EACH AWARD.
THIS AWARD WAS STARTED 23 YEARS AGO BY THEN ROTARY SECRETARY BILL
STEWART.   HE DIED SEVERAL YEARS LATER, AND YESTERDAY HIS WIFE HELEN
DIED AT THE AGE OF 99.    SHE WOULD HAVE BEEM 100 IN APRIL.   FOR MANY
YEARS SHE WOULD NOT MISS THE FARM AND HOME SHOW.   SHE WAS A GREAT VOLUNTEER IN THE COMMUNITY.    HER HUSBAND BILL WHILE AN AG INSTRUCTOR
AT MCHS, DID SOME FARM BROADCASTING FOR KMAQ, PART-TIME.
AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY NOW WORKS FOR ME AT THE DRIVE-IN EACH SUMMER.

THE AG BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR, AT LEFT,  IS TOM LAPKE OF LaMOTTE,
A VET AT ROLLING  HILLS VETENARY SERVICE AT LaMOTTE.    THE  AWARD WAS
PRESENTED TO HIM BY BRIAN SCHWAGER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
WITH FIDELTY BANK IN MAQUOKETA.   TOM DOES A LOT ANNUALLY FOR
JACKSON COUNTY 4-H AND FFA.

THE  AG PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WAS GIVEN TO TED STRAIT OF MAQUOKETA.
TED IS RETIRED AND VOLUNTEERS A LOT.   HIS  PET PROJECT IS RUNNING
THE FARMERS MARKET.    SALLY DAVIES OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB AND CLOVER RIDGE PLACE, PRESENTED HIM WITH HIS PLAQUE.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE KMAQ STAFF, THE  EXHIBITORS,  THE CATTLEMEN,
THE PORK PRODUCERS AND ALL WHO WORKED TO MAKE THIS YEAR'S SHOW
A GOOD SUCCESS.     AND THANKS OF COURSE TO ALL WHO ATTENDED.


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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

WEDNESDAY DAILY


LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS LOST
THEIR GAME AGAINST DEWITT, ON THE HOME GYM.
THE GIRLS LOST BY ONLY 6 POINTS.
THE BOYS PLAY A MAKE-UP GAME AT BENTON COMMUNITY TOMORROW NIGHT,
AND THE GIRLS PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT AT CLEAR-CREEK AMANA.
BOTH GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AND OUR WEB SITE, STARTING
AT 7:20 EACH NIGHT.


THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS GOING GOOD.
BIG TURNOUT TODAY FOR NOON LUNCH AND DAYTIME ACTIVITIES.
OPEN UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BEEF DAY, OPEN FROM
10:30 A.M. UNTIL 4:30 P.M.    FREE...EVERYONE INVITED.

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Tuesday, February 04, 2020

TUESDAY DAILY




THE MAQUOKETA MEN'S BOWLING ASSOCIATION JUST FINISHED THE CITY
TOURNAMENT SUNDAY.    HERE ARE RESULTS.

DOUBLES:          1ST PLACE     KYLE AND  JOEL DAVISON     1483

SINGLES:         1ST PLACE     LUKE THOLE    790

ALL EVENTS-HANDICAP:      1ST PLACE      BRAD COIN   2199

ALL EVENTS-SCRATCH:       1ST PLACE    ZACH LANNING   2051

TEAM EVENT:     1ST PLACE      FAGAN GRAPHICS AND TEES     3507


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Monday, February 03, 2020

MONDAY DAILY



THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT WILL BE REPLACED, THANKS TO A MILLION DOLLAR
GRANT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK BY THE CITY.     IT IS NORTH DOWN THE HILL
FROM WAL MART.   GETS LOTS OF TRAFFIC DAILY AND THERE IS NOT A SIDEWALK
ON EITHER SIDE.   THIS WILL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR MAQUOKETA.
PHOTO BY LOIS FISCHER.



AT THE LAST MEETING OF VFW POST 3633 IN MAQUOKETA ....IN JANUARY....
COMMANDER RODGER SCHNOOR ANNOUNCED THAT THIS YEAR'S $1,500
STATE AWARD FOR THE ANNUAL VOICE OF DEMOCRACY RADIO SPEAKING CONTEST WAS WON BY A STUDENT AT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL, BRIANNA BUSCH.
PICTURED ABOVE:  PAST COMMANDER CAROL WHITMORE....SCHNOOR....BRADLY WHITMORE, VOICE OF DEMOCRACY CHAIRMAN.... DALE HENRY 2ND DISTRICT
COMMANDER....MISS BUSCH....BARB AND LOWELL SCHROEDER CO-CHAIRMAN AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE LOCAL V.O.D. CONTEST....PAT SCHNOOR, DISTRICT 2 CO-CHAIR OF V.O.D.... JERRY HUFFMAN, Q.M.  FROM VINTON POST 8884.... AND BENJAMIN McDONALD AND WIFE KATHY McDONAD WHO IS STATE OF IOWA AUX. PRESIDENT.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.

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